Small Group Questions

1. TNSTAAFL says every gain has a trade-off. If you traced where your time, money, emotional energy, and mental focus go this week — what would those patterns reveal that you worship? Is there a gap between what you say you worship and what those patterns show? 

2. The old covenant sacrifices were costly — and still insufficient. What are some ways we try to deal with guilt or earn God's approval through effort or behavior rather than resting in Christ's once-for-all sacrifice?  

3. David refused to offer God something that cost him nothing. Mary poured out a year's wages without hesitation. When you think honestly about your own worship — would you describe it as extravagant or convenient? What would need to change for it to actually cost you something? 

4. Judas framed Mary's worship as irresponsible. When have you seen costly or extravagant worship criticized as wasteful — or felt that pressure yourself? What does Jesus' response to Mary tell us about how God measures the worth of an offering? 

5. The same ground where Abraham offered Isaac became David's altar, then Solomon's temple. What have you inherited from a family member, mentor, or pastor that shaped your walk with God? What are you building now that someone else might stand on later? 

6. Ben Sasse said that worship requires reordering your loves away from comfort, consumption, and self. If your own "clock became more visible," what would get exposed about what you've actually been living for? What does that tell you about where to begin reordering now? 

Made to Worship :: Sacrifice